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    Quote Originally Posted by IberianAlex View Post
    I feel closest to Equatorial Guinea and Angola.

    Haha, nah, but seriously I feel closest to Portugal and then Italy, maybe Greece just for similar ish culture, even though they are not latin. French are Romance peoples but I always felt like they were the weird half brother or something, they have a lot of Germanic influence in comparison.
    Yes, the Greeks, too. I didn't leave them out for any particular reason -- and when I was growing up in Australia, both Greeks and Italians, who are more plentiful there, were also without serious distinction, as we all spoke English, all on the same page culturally.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Parker View Post
    It's true that Portugal geographically isn't part of the Med region. It is an Atlantic nation.

    However, I keep reading on the Internet (not here in TheApricity though) that a lot of Portuguese people always defend their 'Atlantic-ness' and that they are not Southern or Mediterranean at all culturally.

    I even know a Portuguese guy who believes that Portugal is more similar to Ireland, the UK and Western France than to Italy, Spain and Greece. WTF?!

    Portugal is only geographically not Mediterranean, but what about their climate, their genetics and overall lifestyle?
    These are foreigners' things and perhaps in their imagery about Spain they see it only in the Mediterranean but we Spaniards for example are very aware and also take into account the rest of the seas around us and the perception and sensations are very different from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic for example when I am in the Mediterranean Mallorca, Tarragona or in the Atlantic Cadiz or Huelva for example.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Parker View Post
    It's true that Portugal geographically isn't part of the Med region. It is an Atlantic nation.

    However, I keep reading on the Internet (not here in TheApricity though) that a lot of Portuguese people always defend their 'Atlantic-ness' and that they are not Southern or Mediterranean at all culturally.

    I even know a Portuguese guy who believes that Portugal is more similar to Ireland, the UK and Western France than to Italy, Spain and Greece. WTF?!

    Portugal is only geographically not Mediterranean, but what about their climate, their genetics and overall lifestyle?
    Doesn't that have to do with history and politics ? I think Portugal is allied or has been allied with Britain politically or have been historical allies unlike greater Spain but I'm not sure. What I am sure is that you are American so you don't know history.

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    Southern European culture and genetics isn't exclusive to Med shores.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gallop View Post
    These are foreigners' things and perhaps in their imagery about Spain they see it only in the Mediterranean but we Spaniards for example are very aware and also take into account the rest of the seas around us and the perception and sensations are very different from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic for example when I am in the Mediterranean Mallorca, Tarragona or in the Atlantic Cadiz or Huelva for example.

    Vivo en Corea del Sur desde hace casi 20 ańos y a veces he tenido que explicar la diversidad de climas, de productos primarios, de culturas regionales (cada zona con sus costumbres, música, cocina, larga historia y demás), porque entre otras cosas, para empezar, Espańa tiene una importante extensión geográfica (Corea de Sur con la misma población ocupa un territorio cinco veces menor).

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    Portugal is Atlantic by position and Mediterranean (Western Mediterranean), in general terms, in culture, gastronomy, "racially" etc ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fraisod View Post
    Vivo en Corea del Sur desde hace casi 20 ańos y a veces he tenido que explicar la diversidad de climas, de productos primarios, de culturas regionales (cada zona con sus costumbres, música, cocina, larga historia y demás), porque entre otras cosas, para empezar, Espańa tiene una importante extensión geográfica (Corea de Sur con la misma población ocupa un territorio cinco veces menor).
    The culture or perhaps the way of life is becoming more and more similar everywhere

    Returning to the subject with the differences between the Mediterranean and other seas are real was on a beach in Bologna province of Cadiz which already belongs to the Atlantic far away from the best known beaches that could only be reached on foot and that tourists do not know was in August in the distance you could see the African coast (this enchants our colleagues in the rest of Europe) the water was frozen and hold them 5 minutes was a real torment.



    This is the best known which is already spectacular with the highest dune in Europe but I will not say what the other one is because it is full of guiris hahaha

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    I don't know how that can come as a surprise, literally half of the history of this nation is deeply entwined with that Atlantic Ocean and explains many of it's strategic options throughout history. Portugal is probably the only Southern European nation that never displayed any geopolitical interest in gaining access to the Mediterranean sea.
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    Yes it's not geographically Mediterranean. Though it shares cultural/linguistic/genetic ties with Med countries such as Spain and Italy

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    Southern European =/= Mediterranean

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